Twenty-two teams on Liège start line; Argos-Shimano gets the nod ahead of Bretagne-Schuller Tour de France organiser ASO has announced the names of the twenty-two teams that have been invited to start the 2012 race, which starts in Liège, Belgium […]
Belgian ProTeam without a big favourite for the first time in years; expects young riders to mix it up Lotto-Belisol will start Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen with its youngest, and most inexperienced team for many years. The big Belgian ProTeam […]
Moves to try to bring cycling’s top event back to Britain The head of Yorkshire’s tourist board has officially confirmed that the region has bid to host the 2016 Tour de France, going up against Scotland, Barcelona, Venice and Berlin […]
Brailsford recently stated he wanted Manxman to focus on one target British cycling’s performance director and Sky Procycling chief Dave Brailsford suggested in recent days that Mark Cavendish may have to forget about the green jersey in the Tour de […]
Doesn’t want Manx sprinter and Bradley Wiggins to over-reach Following recent suggestions by people such as Mark Cavendish’s coach Rod Ellingworth that the rider might not necessarily target the green jersey in this year’s Tour de France, Britain’s performance director […]
Paris-Nice winner on schedule for July after becoming only the second Briton in history to win the Race to the Sun Bradley Wiggins’ victory in Paris-Nice on Sunday shows that he is now capable of winning the Tour de France, […]
“The Tour makes you dig a little deeper and push a little harder” Over the course of a ten to fifteen year pro career, riders can develop in different directions to how they were as young professionals. Some such as […]
Danish rider hoping to develop rhythm with Garmin-Barracuda sprinter Garmin-Barracuda signed Alex Rasmussen to help eat up long, flat kilometers, to ride a solid time trial, and eventually to help lead out its sprint star Tyler Farrar. Rasmussen knows his […]
Belgian climber credits Lance Armstrong’s former mechanic as well as a winter of hard work Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol) has hailed his sixth place finish in Sunday’s Volta ao Algarve time trial as his best performance against the clock […]
Two-year suspension for retired German rider; forfeits final Tour de France podium The Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) has ruled in favour of an appeal lodged by the International Cycling Union (UCI) against the acquittal of Jan Ullrich for […]
Tour organisers say Riis’s team would have to seek a wildcard like other squads It’s still too soon to say if the UCI will remove Saxo Bank’s WorldTour licence but if that happens, Tour de France organisers won’t guarantee that […]
How big a task is it for the UCI to remove suspended rider from the last two year’s rankings? With the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) having imposed a two-year suspension on Alberto Contador, with a forfeiture of all […]
Ambitious Briton aiming to return to 2009 level of consistency Mark Cavendish is fired up by his status as world road race champion and has made clear that he is targeting more than the Tour de France and Olympic Games […]
“I feel much more professional and dedicated to my trade than I used to be.” With his 2012 season debut growing closer and the biggest goals and challenges of his career coming in the months ahead, British rider Bradley Wiggins […]
Garmin-Barracuda rider feeling ambitious about Tour and Olympics With 2011 ending on a high note thanks to second overall in the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Christian Vande Velde has got his confidence back and has a fully-renewed motivation for the […]
French hero under no illusions as to his chances of a repeat of last year’s Tour de France feats Europcar’s Thomas Voeckler was already a hero in France, even before last summer’s performance in the Tour de France. The two-time […]
World time trial champion wants yellow in Liège prologue and good GC finish; has finalised spring programme New Omega Pharma-Quick Step signing Tony Martin has finalised his programme for the coming spring, according to biciciclismo.com, with a view to peaking […]
Dutch team missed out on WorldTour status by just four points but banking on potential of young riders The Project 1t4i team is looking at the 2012 season with the same ambition that it took on 2011. The Dutch team, […]
